How did St. Anne's Basilica in Brazzaville combine traditional forms with neo-Gothic features?

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African architecture The Great Zimbabwe complex, near Masvingo, south-central Zimbabwe.

St. Anne's Basilica in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, achieved a harmonious architectural synthesis by integrating the arched design elements characteristic of traditional homes from the region with neo-Gothic clerestory windows.1